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Originally Posted by Flaming Homer
It’s funny because I’ve quite often wondered the reverse. I’d never try to convince anyone that fighting can’t hurt you. However in my own anecdotal experiences with fighting (playing growing up, briefly fighting amateur out of my gym, stupid childhood fights etc.) I’d guess I’ve been in 30 or more fights. I broke my hand once and nose twice. That’s it.
On the flip side I’ve had two concussions. One came from running and slipping on ice. The second I ran face first into a fully kicked ball in soccer. Knocked me clean out. I’m very certain that the people who are so against fighting don’t realize that ecspecially in hockey so many other things are WAY more likely to give you a concussion. It’s click bait really any time this stuff happens and the anti-fighting crowd who I’d largely assume have never fought and view it as barbaric come out with the pitch forks. Anyways just my two cents and personal experiences. Seems to be an issue where people have their side and want to think what they think I don’t expect to suddenly change anyone’s minds.
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But no one is claiming that most concussions come from fighting. This keeps coming up - but that's not the point being made.
The point is that it is an unnecessary part of the game, that largely is already going away, and adds to the concussion risk.
It's about removing the stuff you don't need that adds risk.
The purpose of fighting is literally to throw fists at someone's head. If the NHL is serious about preventing head injuries, then they should be making logical steps to remove that.